Question

Sandra plans to fill a corner of her yard with decorative stones. Each row has four more stones than the prior row.

Part 1: If there were five stones in the first row, how many stones were used to fill all 44 rows?

Part 2: Using complete sentences, explain the procedure taken to answer this question.

Answer 1

@precal

Answer 2

first term is 5
common difference is +4
they want row 44
sequence is 5,9, 14, .............